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American Express price to sales ratio AXP

Market value divided by revenue over the last twelve months, since 2010.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
2.7×
10-year median
2.5×
Against its 10-year history
64th
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
1.4× to 4.0×
Peer median
5.5×

American Express' price to sales ratio is 2.7× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 2.5×, close to the middle of its last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 1.4× in Apr 2020 to 4.0× in Jul 2021.

The median for 7 credit services stocks of a similar size is 5.5×.

Price to sales ratio over time

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far2.7×2.7×3.7×
20253.7×2.5×3.7×
20243.3×2.3×3.3×
20232.3×1.7×2.6×
20222.2×2.1×3.6×
20213.2×2.5×4.0×
20202.6×1.4×2.6×
20192.4×2.2×2.6×
20182.1×2.0×2.7×
20172.6×2.1×2.6×
20162.1×1.5×2.1×
20152.0×2.0×2.9×
20142.9×2.6×3.0×
20132.9×2.1×2.9×
20122.0×1.9×2.4×
20111.9×1.8×2.3×
20101.9×1.8×2.1×

Against its peers

Companies in Financial - Credit Services nearest American Express' size, closest first, today.

CompanyPrice to sales ratio
AXPAmerican Express2.7×
COFCapital One Financialn/m
MAMastercard15.6×
VVisa17.1×
PYPLPayPal1.4×
SYFSynchrony Financialn/m
AFRMAffirm5.5×
GPNGlobal Payments2.1×
Peer median5.5×

Where American Express ranks

What the price to sales ratio tells you

Market value divided by revenue over the last twelve months. Useful for companies with little or no profit yet, since sales are harder to make negative than earnings.

Ignores margins entirely. A software company at 10× sales with 30% margins can be cheaper than a grocer at 1× sales with 2% margins.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.